BRIGADE ORDERS.

BY BRIGADIER-GENERAL TREVOR TERNAN, C.M.G., D.S.O.,

COMMANDING 102^nd (TYNESIDE SCOTTISH) BRIGADE.

HEADQUARTERS, ALNWICK,

11^th JUNE, 1915.

406 – Spectacles – Supply of –

            With reference to Brigade Order No. 286 of 30^th April, 1915, compound lens spectacles may be purchased, price not to exceed 3s. per pair.

407– Extracts from Northern Command Orders –

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST HEATH FIRES –

            Owing to the danger of Heath Fires during the Summer Months, and to the damage liable to be caused thereby, Commanding Officers are directed to impress on all ranks the necessity of using the utmost care in dealing with lighted matter, particularly cigarette ends and matches.

            2. All ranks should be constantly on the watch to stamp out incipient fires.  In the event of a fire breaking out it should be attacked at once to prevent spreading – a fire which can be readily stamped out by a few men, if attacked at once, may easily get beyond control if left for five minutes.

            3. Moors in the vicinity of Camps are to be placed “out of bounds,” except for drill and manoeuvre.

            4. When troops halt on a march, or break off temporarily for a rest during training or manoeuvres, the Officer in Command, before leaving the spot, should make sure by careful inspection that there are no signs of fire.

(C.E.)  Northern Command Order No.986.

ARMOURERS – CANDIDATES REQUIRED –

            The services of suitable men for training as Armourers for the Units of the New Army are urgently required.

Applications stating the qualifications of the men recommended should be submitted to the C.O.O., York, as early as possible.  The men, if found efficient, would be transferred to the A.O.C.

C.R.N.C. No. 61469 (O.S.).  Northern Command Order No.988.

408 Precautions against Heath Fires –

            Reference Northern Command Order 986 of 10^th June, 1915, Officers Commanding Units will notify all ranks that Alnwick Moor will be considered out of bounds except for the purposes of drill and manoeuvres.

409 – Command Orders – Attention called to –

            The attention of Officers Commanding Units is called to Northern Command Orders 982 and 990 of 10^th June, 1915.

410 – Anti-Enteric Inoculation – Weekly Reports –

            The attention of the Senior Medical Officer of the Brigade and Medical Officer-in-Charge of No. 8 V.A.D. Hospital is called to Northern Command Order No. 987 of 10^th June, 1915.

T.L.B. SOUTRY, Captain,

Brigade-Major, 102^nd (Tyneside Scottish) Brigade.